Chapter 61 Acquired Heart Disease Valvular David A. Fullerton, Alden H. Harken HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE DIAGNOSTIC CONSIDERATIONS MITRAL VALVE AORTIC VALVE OPERATIVE TECHNIQUE SURGICAL OUTCOMES CHOICE OF PROSTHETIC VALVES Stenotic or…
Chapter 73 Urologic Surgery Michael Coburn UROLOGIC ANATOMY FOR THE GENERAL SURGEON ENDOSCOPIC UROLOGIC SURGERY UROLOGIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE VOIDING DYSFUNCTION, BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION, BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA, AND INCONTINENCE MALE REPRODUCTIVE…
Chapter 44 Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Rebecca P. Petersen, Carlos A. Pellegrini, Brant K. Oelschlager GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIAS SUMMARY The role of operative treatment for gastroesophageal…
Chapter 47 Acute Abdomen Ronald A. Squires, Russell G. Postier ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY HISTORY EVALUATION AND DIAGNOSIS PREPARATION FOR EMERGENCY OPERATION ATYPICAL PATIENTS ALGORITHMS IN THE ACUTE ABDOMEN SUMMARY The…
Chapter 48 Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Ali Tavakkolizadeh, Stanley W. Ashley APPROACH TO THE PATIENT ACUTE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE ACUTE LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE OBSCURE CAUSES OF ACUTE GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE Acute gastrointestinal…
Chapter 37 Breast Reconstruction Kendall R. Roehl, Bradon J. Wilhelmi, Linda G. Phillips ROLE OF THE GENERAL SURGEON IN BREAST RECONSTRUCTION HISTORY PATIENT SELECTION TIMING PROCEDURE SELECTION AND SURGICAL PLANNING…
Chapter 31 Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy James S. Economou, James C. Yang, James S. Tomlinson OVERVIEW OF TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY STRATEGIES FOR CLINICAL TUMOR IMMUNOTHERAPY CONCLUSION Glossary of Terms 1MT—1-methyltryptophan ADCC—antibody-dependent…
Chapter 45 Abdominal Wall, Umbilicus, Peritoneum, Mesenteries, Omentum, and Retroperitoneum Richard H. Turnage, Brian Badgwell ABDOMINAL WALL AND UMBILICUS PERITONEUM AND PERITONEAL CAVITY MESENTERY AND OMENTUM RETROPERITONEUM Abdominal Wall And…
